Comparative Study of Effects of Gravity on the Growth of Hamsters and Mice

Authors

Stanley R. Briney, State University of Iowa
Charles C. Wunder, State University of IowaFollow

Document Type

Research

Abstract

Syrian golden hamsters appear to withstand gravitational stress better than white mice. When these animals were subjected to four weeks of continual centrifugation at four times the Earth's gravity (4 G's), both showed a definite decrease in body mass during the first week, then a subnormal growth rate for the remaining three weeks of exposure as compared to their controls living within the Earth's gravity (1 G).

Publication Date

1960

Journal Title

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Volume

67

Issue

1

First Page

495

Last Page

500

Copyright

©1960 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Briney, Stanley R. and Wunder, Charles C. (1960) "Comparative Study of Effects of Gravity on the Growth of Hamsters and Mice," Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 67(1), 495-500.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol67/iss1/62